Aenictus moebii pudicus

Aenictus moebii pudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Aenictus
Species:	A. moebii
Subspecies:	A. moebii pudicus
Trinomial name
Aenictus moebii pudicus Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Known only from the male caste.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• pudicus. Aenictus mutatus st. pudicus Santschi, 1919b: 234 (m.) IVORY COAST.
  • Type-material: 19 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Ivory Coast: Dimbroko (Le Moult).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of mutatus: Bolton, 1995b: 60 (error).
  • Subspecies of moebii: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 754.
  • Distribution: Ivory Coast.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 234, male described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.